Korean World Cup Rock

Living as we do in the part of London known as Surrey, we see quite a few posters around for Twickenham's Airhammer. We hadn't quite got around to catching their latest release: Sword Of Fire but there was a nice write up in the NME the last time we read it. So when an email arrived saying they were recording the Korean World Cup Anthem, we had to investigate.

Korea was originally intended to be part of a local charity's attempts to raise funding for under-priveledged areas of Britain by recording a song for each of the nations competing. Only by British bands. As it happens, the project is currently on hold but Airhammer are striking out by making their version of the Korean Anthem available to the world in an attempt to relieve us all from a deadly summer of 3 Lions In Your Vindaloo. Should the song ever be officially released then all proceeds will go to the charity.

It's a wonderful piece of rocking cod-operatic terrace chanting, repleat with trumpets and fat ladies shouting. Freddie Mercury would have been proud. And we have it for you to listen to here.